Charges ruled out over Hawking abuse claims

Police investigating allegations that disabled scientist Prof Stephen Hawking had been abused have said they could find no evidence to substantiate the claims.

Cambridgeshire Police said its inquiry into alleged mistreatment of Prof Hawking, the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University, had been completed and no one would face any criminal charges.

Police began their investigation late last year and during the inquiry both Prof Hawking, who suffers from motor neurone disease, and his wife Elaine, 53, were interviewed.

Officers also questioned nurses and other people involved in Prof Hawking's care.